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Create a large file
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gistfile1.txt
1) dd if=/dev/zero of=FileName bs=<block size> count=<block count>
The following command creates a file named big_file.dat with size of 1GB:
dd if=/dev/zero of=big_file.dat bs=1024 count=1000000
2) mkfile -n size[b|k|m|g] filename
For example:
mkfile -n 1g big_file.txt
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